Bottle cooler

Manufactory Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg Russian

ca. 1760

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 553

The cooler is from a table service made for the empress Elizabeth (1709–1762) and kept in the court pantry of the Winter Palace.

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Title: Bottle cooler
Manufactory: Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg (Russian, 1744–present)
Date: ca. 1760
Culture: Russian, St. Petersburg
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Diameter: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
Object Number: 43.100.62
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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